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A. B.y WOODARD, ALFRED CENTRE, AND SAMUEL A. WOODARD,OF'HORNELLSVILLE,

ASSIGNORS TO THEMSEIAVES AND ORSON MOSHER, OF'HRNELLSVILLE, NEW YORK.

Lettere Pa'te'nt No. 79,930, datedVJ-'uly '14, 1868.

IMPEOVED EAMES-PASTENER.

TOALDWHOM I'l MAY GONCERN:

Be lit known that we, A. B. WOODARD, of Alfred Centre, in the county ofAllegany, and State of New York, and SAMUELIL WOODARVD, ofHornellsville, in the county of Steuben, and State of New. York,(a.ssguo1's to themselvesand Orson Mosher, of Hornellsvillein the countyof Steuben, and State of New York,) have inventeda new ,and usefulImprovement in Haines-Fasteners; and we do hereby declare that'thefollowingis a full, clear, and'cxact description thereof, which lwillenable others skilled in the art to make and` use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which- The figure is a. longitudinal section of ourimproved'llames-fastener. Similar letters of reference indicatecorrcspondingparts. l i 4 Our invention'has for its object to furnish animproved hautes-fastener, simple in construction ande'ective inoperation, drawing the haines closer together during the operation oflocking, and holding them?A securely when locked l v It consists in theconstruction and combination of -the various parts, ashereinafter morefully described. A is a strap, upon the outer end of which is formed ahook or eye, a, by means of which it is connected with the llames-ringof one of the hamcsz The strap'A is slightly curved,to correspond withthef curve of the lower part of the collarfand its innery side isgrooved orchannelled, so as to form side langesaz, asshown in the figureThe body of the strap-A has holes formed through it, as shown in' thedrawings, to `receive the catches.

B is the other strap, which has a. hook or`eye, bl, formed upon itsouter end, by means of whichitisattacbed to thering of one of thehaines. .The inner side of the strap B is grooved or channelled, or hasside anges, b2, formed upon its s'idc edges, so as to -reccive the strap`A, and hold the two strapsA B always in linenvith each other. The bodyofthe strap B, towards its free end, is slotted, to allow` the catchesto pass thro.ugh,`and it has ears, b3, formed upon its outer side, towhich is pivoted the lever-catch D.Y 3

.The lever D is made in about the form shown in the ligure, that is tosay, it has n. hook or-catch, d, formed upon its inner end, which passesthrough the slot in the strap B, and through one or the other of theholes through the strap A. Upon the inner side of the outer' part of thelever D are formed side Hanges d2, forming a box or chamber fdr `thereception of the spring-lcver'catchc.

-iThelever-catch c is pivoted in the chamber formed upon Athe inner sideof'thelouter end of the lever D,

and its 'catch'cl` projects through the slot in `t-he strap B,'a:ndpasses through one or `the other of theholes through the strap A, soasto lock the straps'A and B together.y

The lever or arm- C extends along the inner side of .the-box or chamber'of' the lever D, and its outer ond is bent or curved outward, so as toclose the outer end ofthe lchamber inwhich it is placed, and be in afavorable position to be operated to unfasten the fastener, and at thesame tiinegbe protect-edfrom beingunfastened 'by anaccidcntal blow. l il E is a wire spring coiled around a pin or'post attached to thelever'D, so as tobe between the levers D and C, and to hold thc catch cforward.

The lever-catch C is kept from being forced toofnr forward by4 theshoulders formed upon the lever-catch C striking against shouldersformed upon 'the inner sides of the anges 6F of the lever D, as shown indot-ted linesin the figure. l l

In using'the fastener, .the leverD 'is thrown back, as shown inred inthe figure. The straps BnndA- are then brought together, so that thecatch'dl may pass through one of the holes in the-strap A. The outer endof the lever D is then drawn forward 4to-its place, drawing t-ho hainesmore...eloselyinto place upon the collar. At the same timo the springEyields, allowing the catch@l to pass through one-of the holes inthestrap A, so that the said catch may lock the fastener,'and hold itsecurely until unfastened by pressing out the free end of the lever Cwith the hand.

By this fastener the haines aire drawn closer together while beingfastened, and are so secured that they cannot become accidentallyunfastened.

Heving thiis described onr invention, we claim as new, and desire tosecure by'Lctters Patent- An improved llames-fastener, formed by thecombination ofthe stiap A, strap B, lever-catch D, lever-catch C, andspring E, or equivalent, with cach other, said parts being constructedand arranged substantially in the manner herein shown and described.

A. B. WOODARD,

SAMUEL A. WOODARD.

Witnesses:

M. J. HINKLEY, C. K.'H1NKLEY.

